Chapter 57 Immediately deploy and wipe out the Liao Yaoxiang Corps[1]

(October 20, 1948) Lin Luoliu[2]: Telegram [3] at twenty-one o'clock. (1) Your action policy has been telegraphed, that is, instead of playing brocade and gourd[4], you will fight Liao Yaoxiang.We fully agree with your suggestion that if the Liao Corps continues to advance, wait for the enemy to go further before attacking; if it is found that the enemy is no longer advancing, or if there is a sign of retreating from Shenyang to Yingkou, immediately encircle the two enemies in Zhangwu and Xinlitun , taking individual defeats as the method, and aiming at the complete annihilation of the Liao Corps.It is hoped that this policy will be deployed immediately, and the whole army will be encouraged to complete the task.

(2) Since the enemy may retreat to Yingkou at any time, Wang ordered the Ten Columns to prepare. Once the enemy has a sign of retreating to Yingkou, they will also open Yingkou for defense. (3) Gao and Wu[5] suggested that twelve vertical divisions and three independent divisions should be commanded by Zhong Wei[6], and that they should board trains from the north of Siping and arrive at Qingyuan before the twenty-fourth day, and march to Anshan in a hurry , Haicheng, blocking the enemy's retreat to Yingkou.This plan is very necessary, please immediately Dian Gao and Wu do it as soon as possible, the sooner the better.However, the ten verticals still have to prepare to open Yingkou from Dahushan [7] to seize the opportunity.Of course, the ten verticals can stay still at Dahushan for now, and open Yingkou quickly when the enemy has signs of retreating from Yingkou.

(4) Gao and Wu also suggested that the remaining independent divisions and second-line corps be commanded by Xiao and Xiao[8] to advance rapidly to Faku, Zhangwu, and Xinmin, and cooperate with the main force of Jinzhou to wipe out the enemy.We think this is also absolutely necessary.But first, is it enough to attack Anshan and Haicheng with twelve vertical divisions and three independent divisions, a total of six divisions? .Second, the time to go to Zhangwu and Xinmin to contact the enemy should not be too late, nor too early. It seems appropriate to hide and drive to the north of Faku at the right time. It is better to retreat.Please refer to Gao and Wu for the above two points.

(5) When Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Shenyang on the 15th, he brought Du Yuming [9] with him to help Wei Lihuang [10] command the retreat.Foreign News Agency on the 18th, Chiang Kai-shek went to Shenyang again.The present few days are the time for the enemy to make decisions, and the retreat is decided on the 15th. How to retreat has either been decided yesterday or today, or has yet to be decided, and can be changed after the decision is made.I hope you will pay close attention to the developments in the past few days, and seize the opportunity to strive for a big victory. Military Commission

four o'clock on the twentieth Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Refers to the Ninth Corps of the Kuomintang Army where Liao Yaoxiang was the commander. [2] Lin Luoliu, refers to Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, and Liu Yalou, who were respectively the commander, political commissar, and chief of staff of the Northeast Field Army at that time. [3] Refers to the telegram sent by Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, and Liu Yalou to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China at 21:00 on October 19, 1948.The telegram said: "It is estimated that the enemies in the Zhangwu and Xinlitun areas may not move on the spot. After the entire Eighth Army arrives in Jinxi, they will advance to Jinzhou in a coordinated manner from the north to the south, and the enemies in Shenyang will retreat to Yingkou. But there are also Another possibility is that the enemies in the Zhangwu and Xinlitun areas now withdraw to Xinmin and Shenyang, use the Liao River to block our army, and retreat to Yingkou.” The telegram suggested that if the enemy in Shenyang continues to advance to Jinzhou, wait for the enemy Advance one step further before attacking the enemy, but if there is a sign that the enemy will no longer advance, or if there is a tendency to retreat from Shenyang and turn to Yingkou, our army will immediately surround the two enemies in Zhangwu and Xinlitun, and use various methods to defeat them. Annihilate them all.

[4] Jin and Huludao refer to Jinxi and Huludao in Liaoning. [5] Gao, refers to Gao Gang (1905-1954), a native of Hengshan, Shaanxi, who was the first deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region at that time.Wu, referring to Wu Xiuquan, born in 1908 in Wuchang, Hubei, was the second chief of staff of the Northeast Military Region at that time. [6] Zhong Wei (1915-1984), born in Pingjiang, Hunan.At that time, he was the commander of the Twelfth Column of the Northeast Field Army. [7] Dahu Mountain, now named Dahu Mountain, is located in the south of Heishan County, Liaoning. [8] Xiao, Xiao, refers to Xiao Jinguang and Xiao Hua.Xiao Jinguang (1903-1989), born in Changsha, Hunan, was the commander of the First Corps of the Northeast Field Army at that time.Xiao Hua (1916-1985), a native of Xingguo, Jiangxi, was a political commissar of the First Corps of the Northeast Field Army at that time.

[9] Du Yuming (1904-1981), a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi.At that time, he was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou "bandit suppression" headquarters of the Kuomintang army. [10] Wei Lihuang, was then the commander-in-chief of the Northeast "Bandit Suppression" Command of the Kuomintang Army.